Telegram-herald., 1887-08-07
BAY VIEW ASSEMBLY,
PROMINENT PeoPle MENTIONED.
a Ch.mPtoa ef the htaasrxsrtsn-Ess
Ana. shs~ Delivers . stroGg Fis2 SCR
Female sorrsgs "a Address by
siixs fFsUess willard. -

At<s Frances WILLARD a.
special C0uesPonseGoe TELI skAk HsK4AR
BA1 NfEs. Aug. 6.-Col HoEaer s.
Sprsgue ooInss al the way from The Golden
Gate 10 lecture AZ Bay View. making tour
Of a. Tie prominent assemblies lie Is
considered the nnesi literary iectar~r on the
pist.oran. aAd the people Grs very enthus-
iaslic over him.
Mr.. Sprsgus wss for years principal oi
the Girls High school il Boston. lie has
ane physique, is Of shat stuEdy Scotch
bnild and when De commences LAS peculiar
manner ia hanging on 10 the last words in
sentence as though reluctant % part with
them. Ia his Own words. though te2cher
oI elocuiiOn he j. no elOcauOnlst like =
milestone makes up sa4fp edge but can I
c4t itself HIS lecture Thursday 0l shake
speare's Childhood Is considered one OF D ;
very best. ID Was eBthuslAslcAily received.
John DeNitt Miller IS one u ihe most
vigorous speakers on the platform. dis
lee -lies arc inI Of original hnDar sad
witty flashes and while euease1 Tor tNO
lectures. he has dec.4ed 10 give three. re-
pe4uBg nis very popular Love. iouftshlp
lett behind Ior it IS next 10 impossible lof
tue quickest, 10 keep up with hls lightning
speed IA talking. de IS 40 model Tor al
artist tailor. exhibiting sharp contrasts
with sir Wallace Bruce who proceeded
him, the most exquisitciy dressed eeulis-
niaa OF the SEASON, buJ 10 las the nappy
faculty q; presenting TIE most healthtui
truths II way most p@ipaoie 10 All. O4d
diyines IA their dignity surrender et once
70 his magical power. and eyeryb body IS
swsyed by him Al viii. pefhaps more than
any other speaker has he pro
voked raplurous app'su from las
audiences. Ills other two iec.ures are.
'DisungGished Men " hOm Have
Me-" and The Stranger al Our Gates.
Miss 1atlua u. Ross is modest. highly
cultured aud emlnenuy practical, = ie-
marsably popular aud successful public
speaker and rare teacler of teachers, 81
WAYS succeeding not only in inl a-ling in
strucdcn bat in kindling enthusiasm ano
interest. which Is tie source o. constant
Improvement in the teachers who hear her.
a large number OF te5chers have joined her
normal class which is 10 he 81 organic part
Of the y 4ti0ual Normal at- framing
School. with is prescribed course oi home
study and work with stated written cx@li-
nations and heipiu. counsel by c0esrrp0ua-
ence. She has, already orzali1ld eleven
States for tlis work with d membership Cl
800 persons Miss Ross teaches thaf tbe
prime pies underlying and Walking Fr3e-
bells Philosophy oil EducEti0n should III
derlie, overlap and yitgize each ana al
grades OF educational WORK from lowest
primary 10 high schO0! and college, and
gives practical demonstration OF these priD-
ciples in their application 10 the branches
taught in the various grades.
During the Worlds Exposition st New
Orleans IN 1889, tie Jury OF Education ex-
tended an Invitation 20 Miss Ross TO give
a narration of her past aud intended lsDors
in the educational field. These gentlemen
from different countries listened 10 her and
piled her with Ques ions. as she demon
strate9 in a manner deemed 0r them l. ghiy
satisfactory, the importance Of making the
kindergarten an organic part oI he pub
lic school system, and the Drac,icabiliiy ol
carving the philosophic principles and
methO2s OF the kindergarten system con-
/ tinususly into the schools 0f higher grade
J The hour set By them was 4 q clock. but II
was half past ten before they released her
when, worn out she said: Gentlemen il
| you viii come TO my room / will DEMON
sraie what ! mean" and TO her astoni-h.
ment these men OF the various nationsliles
whose tongue she couldn't Eudersiand
though in this regard they had The adgsut-
age over her, al came and when she vas
done. one of them sad, III Do gives ne So
much pleasure, what must II &c 10 the lit
! tie children